Bottle-closure.



J. B. PETERS.

BOTTLE CLOSURE. APPLIOATIOK FILED NOV. 4, 1913.

1,1 15,733. Patented Nov. '3, 1914.

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JOHN B. PETERS, or in rnoir, MICHIGA1T J BOTTLE-)CLOSURE. I

1,115,733. v i I i if Application To (law/2,017?) it may concern Be itknown that ,1, JOHN B. PETERSiZL the-Closures, specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to closures formilk; bottles, and the primary object of my inven bottle lid or olo- 1 sure, with positive and reliable means, in a forth, whereby,

tion is to provide a milk manner as hereinafter set the lid or closure I p I. ed upon a milk bottle to perm t I pitcher.

tion lid Another object ofmy invention is to has a spout entering the same. A further object of this invention is to accomplish the above result byg a simple, dumilk bottle attachment that-can be easily quickly placed. milk bottle when the rable and inexpensive in position to close the same is not in use, thereby preventingthe oontentsof the milk bottle or the pouring edges thereof from being contaminated or soiledby insects and foreign matter.

My invention will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims. I e

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the milk bottle closure, showing a spanner wrench in position to lock or unlock the closure relativelv to the milk bottle; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan o'f' the closure; Fig. 3 is a top plan of the same; Fig. ,4 is a cross sectional viewof the closure asapvationof a locking member.

A closure in accordance with this inven' comprises a fiat circular plate or d sk 1, provided with an opening 2 that is in communication with an an'gularlv disposed spout 3, whichis preferably formed integral 1 with the plate or ,disk and States of America,,rel the county of lVayne} and State of Michigan, have invented 'cer-; tain new and useful;Improvements in Bot-' of which the following is a;

can be detachably mount-f of the same; being used similar to a milk orlcream P -t vide a lid or closurefor milk'jbottles that provided with a: gravity" seatedor valvular member that protects thei i pouring edges of the spout andprevents for-' 'eign matter from;

Patented N ov. 3,1914.

I wedge extending beyond theedge of the plate and in aplane parallel of said plate. Theinneror rearwall of the spout 3. has an opening 4 to receive a curved or hook-shaped tongue 5 .carriedby the rear seated :by gravityupon the pouringedges of the spout 3 to protect the same from'insects and to prevent forelgn matter from enteringthe spout i r The inner side of provided with depending curved rim members 7 disposed inthe arcof aoircle havin for its center the center of the plate or] disk 1, said 'Zrim memberskbeing approximately 120 degrees apart 1 tween said rim members and intersecting .the arc upon which said,me1nbers Care -lo.- oated. .,.6 f IQ] f The plate or disk 1 has an adjustable clamping member, which is also disposed in thearc jof thecircle of said rim members.

rotatably mou'ntedin an 'opening9 provided therefor in the plate or disk 1. end of the spindle 8 terminatesin a peripheral flange l0 and in a rectangular shank 11. The opposite endof the spindle 8 terminates in ,arectangular shank 12 and saidshank and said spindle have a longitudinaltbore or socket 13 with the walls thereof screwthreaded. Arranged upon the inner end of the spindle 8 is a gasket or washer Hand mounted upon the shank 12 against said gasket or washer is-a cam or eccentric gripping member 15. shown in Fig. 5 where it will be observed thatthe periphery thereof is provided with a beveled flange l6 and this; flange is adapted to cooperate with the rim members 7 and the cam surface of the member 15 in looking the plate or disk 1 upon the I rim 17 of a milk bottle neck 18 or the neck or-opening of other'receptacles. The inner wall. of the rim 17 has an annular groove or seat 19 for the ordinary cap or disk (not shown) generally employed for closing the mouthorneck of a milk or cream bottle. it is the walls ofthis groove or seat that the rim members 7 and the clamping mem Jber engage for retaining theplate 1 upon the rim 17 and to insure a non-leakable connection between said plate and said rim, I ,interpose a gasket or washer 20, as shown in Fig. 4

with the 1 plane with the opening 2 be- The clamping member comprises a spindleigo One This member is best:

has its pouring ,edge :offadished or convexo-concavelid 6 the plate or diskl is I i To facilitate rotating the clamping member I preferably use a flat spanner wrench 21, shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The wrench fits upon the shank 11 of the spindle 8 and permits of suflioient leverage being usedrto,

rotate he clamping member and lock said member and the rim members 7 in engagement with the Walls of the rim 17. The wrench 21 has a beveled end beused for removing the ordinary cap from the mouth of the oil the plate or disk 1 should the same adhere to the rim 17.

It is through the medium. of a cam or eccentric member 15 that the rim members? are forced into engagement withthe walls or groove of the seat 19 and simultaneous with this movement the flange 16 tends to firmly-seat the plate or disk upon the rim 17. The cam or eccentric member 1533 retained upon the shank 12 by a counter-sunk screw 23 mounted inthe bore 11 of said shank, and said cam or cooperates with the peripheral flange 10 in preventing the spindle 8 from becoming accidentally displaced;

What I claim is 1. Ina milk bottle closure, :the combina-,

tion With a bottle rim, of a flat plate seated thereon, spaced depending rim members carried by said plate and adapted to engage said spindle for 22' which can milk bottle, also for prying eccentric member 15' the inner side of said rim, a spindle journaled in said plate at a point equidistant from said members, a cam member on the in ner end of said spindle, a screw mounted in retaining said cam thereon, and a beveled flange carried by said cam member and adapted to engage said rim and cooperate with said rim members in engaging said rim to retain said plate seated thereon. i 2 In a milk bottle closure, the combination with a bottle rim, of a flat plate seated thereon, s aced depending segment-shaped rim members carried by said plate, a spindle journaled in said plate at a point equi-onstant from said members, a cam on the inner end of said spindle, a screw'mounted in said spindle to retain said cam thereon, a beveled flange carried by a sidewall of said cam and adapted tocooperate with said rim members in engaging said rim to retain said plate seated thereon, and a shank forming the outer end of said spindle and adapted to facilitate rotating the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN B. PETERS. \Vitnessesf ANNA M. Donn, G. R. S'rmknnr.

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